About the artwork
The icon of the seated nude belongs to the most classical themes in art, and continues to inspire mediations and reinventions. Within this diptych of cut-paper portraits of a seated nude, I depict a celebration of a modern black female. In the making of the portraits, hip-hop was a central character. The portraits reflect the energy, raw power and dynamism of both the model and the music.
About James Thomas
Capturing movement in stillness
“My work is an exploration of form as well as new techniques and colors, combinations and abstraction. What emerges are fluid shapes that appear to be in motion and/or evolution: intimate and honest but never fully revealed."
It could be said that James Thomas paints with scissors. Capturing the essence of movemen...
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